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Chinese banks' asset quality risks rise as leverage grows rapidly

There are two scenarios to help frame the potential scale of risk and policy solutions.

How risky are Hong Kong banks' rising financial linkages with Mainland China?

Gross Mainland exposures accounted for 22.1% of system assets.

Australian banks' net interest income growth suffering from a weak housing market

Westpac has alreadly limited loans from 95% to 80% of the home value.

Pressures on India's public banks to remain despite the USD3.4bn capital injection

Indian banks will need USD90bn in total additional capital to meet Basel III requirements.

Singapore banks' problem loans ratio to increase to 1.8% by end-2017

Expect weaker quality loans in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and China.

Asian Banking and Finance Awards 2016 honours more than 80 winning companies

It was the biggest ABF Awards in history, with over 230 attendees.

Indian banks plagued with significant amounts of NPLs

Gross NPL ratio increased sharply to 7.6% in March.

Australian banks' NIMs to be hit by prolonged period of low interest rates

Multiple headwinds put pressure on the banks' credit profiles.

BDO Unibank poised for a capital-raising spree as loan growth flourishes

The government’s target of infrastructure spending is also up.